>3.5>starting level 3, 500 gold>pick Ranger as class>party consists of a paladin, a bard, a cleric, a sorceror a thief>50 GP left>buy a guard dog>"What breed is it OP?">A w-war beagle>DM guffaws>decides to give...Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.

We all know and love the original Alien. It features an interesting 70s interpretation of space age tech of the semi-near future with big push buttons, monochrome CRT monitors, lots of blinking lights and so on.

Now in 2014 everyday technology has obviously gone way past that particular vision of the future. All that stuff is retro now but for some odd reason it still feels right, somehow. It belongs in that setting.

My question is: How?

Is there any way to justify low resolution CRT screens on interstellar spaceships? How do you...Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.

>Is there any way to justify low resolution CRT screens on interstellar spaceships? How do you explain proper AI without voice I/O and holographic interface without resorting to "it's part of the setting, deal with it"?Sure, just tell the players it's the year 2000.

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